AFRICA

UN says 41 Europe-bound migrants drown in Mediterranean

8:29 pm February 24, 2021

Cairo: At least 41 people drowned over the weekend when their boat capsized in the Central Mediterranean, the UN said on Wednesday, the latest shipwreck involving migrants fleeing conflict-stricken Libya and seeking better life in Europe. The UN migration and refugee agencies said in a joint statement that the dead were among at least 120 migrants on a […]

24 garment workers killed in flooded factory in Morocco

8:43 pm February 8, 2021

Rabat: At least 24 workers have been killed in the Moroccan city of Tangier after heavy rains flooded a clandestine garment factory, Morocco’s state news agency MAP reported Monday. Local authorities said firefighters and emergency workers on Monday rescued 10 survivors from the factory, in the basement of a residential villa. Search operations were still underway to rescue other […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Aid groups hail US taking Yemen”s Houthis off terror list

7:49 pm February 6, 2021

Cairo: Aid agencies working in war-torn Yemen on Saturday welcomed plans by President Joe Biden’s administration to revoke the terrorist designation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels in order to mitigate one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. David Miliband, head of the International Rescue Committee, said the designation would have done nothing to address terrorism in the Arab world’s poorest country, and would only hinder […]

Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines

2:21 pm February 2, 2021

Dodoma: Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of 60 million people expressed doubt about the vaccines without offering evidence. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima told a press conference in the capital, Dodoma, on Monday that “the ministry has no plans to receive vaccines for […]

TN records 2,405 COVID-19 cases, 49 fatalities

‘South African Hindu priests ‘overcharging’ for funerals of COVID-19 victims’

4:01 pm January 24, 2021

Johannesburg: Cashing in on the fearful atmosphere prevailing in South Africa amidst a second wave and a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, some Hindu priests in the country are allegedly charging exorbitant rates for conducting funerals of coronavirus victims. The priests are under fire for charging between 1,200 rand (USD 79) and 2,000 rand (USD 131) to conduct […]